Trousers.



A. A. BROWN.

TROUSERS.

APPLICATION FILED APR.21, 1914.

1,126,379., Patented Jan.26,1915.

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WITNESSES A TTORIVEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

A. BROWN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR T0 SANITARY METHOD 0Q. mo.

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Specification of Letters Ratent.

Application filed April 21, 1914. serial No. 833,338.

Toall whom it mayconcern Be it known that I, ABRAHAM A. BROWN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have Q-invented a new and Improved Trousers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to alterable readymade trousers and has to deal more especially with the Waistconstruction whereby the trousers can be easily and quickly altered as to the waist measurements without requiring any special skill or necessitating the piecing out of the waistband lining and stiffening strips.

The invention resides more" particularly in the back seam of a pair of trousers at the waist portion, in connection with a waistband lining of the character disclosed in my Patent Number 1,089,315, of March 3rd, 1914, the advantages being that the back seam can be readily opened to obtain the proper waist dimensions, and then sewed up again as a permanent seam and thereby comfortably fit the body of the wearer.

The objection with ready-made trousers having a waist lining of the usual construction, is that the alteration of the size of the waist is an extremely diflicult operation. and besides it destroys the neatness of the finish, since ing material thereof has to be cut and pieced, especially when the waist of the trousers must be enlarged. With the construction herein set forth the waistband lining and reinforce is continued to the very edge of the cloth that forms the back of the trousers, so that in sewing the back seam the stitches pass through the waistband lining as well as the garment material, and the. edges of the seam are then pressed back and sewed to the waistband lining. To make alterations it is merely necessary to rip the stitching of the seam, as well as the stitching that fastens the free edges of the material to the waistband lining, so that the @am can be let out to the proper dimensions, and then the seam is again sewed up and the free edges of the material stitched to the waist lining, leaving a seam which is as neat as the original seam and requiring no special skill in its production. The making of the seam, as well as the sewing of the waistband lining to the trousers, is done entirely by machine, so that the cost of manufacture is minimized the waistband lining and the s'tifi'en- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the upper portion of a pair of trousers, showing the back seam in original condition; Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the back seam open for the purpose of making alteration; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the waist portion of a pair of trousers showing the seam let out to increase the size of the-waist; Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the manner in which the back seam is made; Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 55', Fig. 4; Fig 6 is a sectional view on the line 66, Fig. 1, before the alteration is made; Fig. 7 is a sectional view on the line 7-7, Fig. 3, after the alteration is made; and Fig. 8 is %n enlarged vertical section on the line 88,

Referring to the drawing, A and A designate the upper portions of the leg sections of a pair of trousers which are provided Patented Jan. ac. teas.

with a waist lining made in two parts B and lining material 2 which has its bottom edge 3 secured to the stiffening material and extends upwardly therefrom and is fastened -to the material of the arment at 4. The

lining material and sti ening strip are secured to the body of the trousers by a horizontal row of stitching 5, which row is covered by a flap 6 formed horizontally in the lining material 2. The rear ends of the waist lining 2 are secured to the edges 6 of the sections A and A by stitches 7, as shown in Fig. 4. After the lining is thus secured, the sections A and A are placed together and fastened by a vertical line of stitching 8, whereby the flaps 10 and 10 of the two sections are then flattened outfrom the position shown in Fig. 5 to that shown in Fig. 6, and the ed cs 11 of these flaps are bound to the lining and'B by stitches 12, Fi 1, so that a neat-finish is obtained. lit wil be noted that the under sides of the flaps 10 are faced b the terminal portions of the waist lining and B, so that when alterations are required it is unnecessary to do any cutting whatsoever, and it remains merely to cut the stitches 8 so as to open the seam 9 as shown in Fig. 2, and then the binding stitches 12 are severed so that the seam can be closed at the required point, according to the waist measurement desired. If the trousers are to be enlarged in waist measurement, the seam 9 is closed near the edges of the flaps 10 by re-stitching the seam. After the back seam is completed, the edges of the flaps 10 are bound down by the stitches 12, as shown in Fig. 3. The original seam is shown in cross-section in Fig. (3, and after alteration is made the seam will appear as shown in Fig. 7, which presents as neat a finish as did the original seam, and the fabric is in no manner weakened, as the waistband'has not been cut or pieced out. The alteration of ready-made trousers in this manner is a material advantage to merchants, as no special skill is required on the part of the alter-er, and, besides, the alteration can be done with great despatch.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A pair of trousers comprising leg sections, a Waistband lining extending. to the back edges of the said sections, a seam lo-' cated inwardly from the back edges of the said sections to connect the latter together and forming flaps of the edge portions of the said sections, and stitches securing the,

3. Trousers comprising leg sections, a

stiffened lining for each section and extending from the front to the rear edges, the upper edge of each lining being secured to its respective section, and a row of stitching passing through the lining and through its respective leg section, and the lining including a flap to cover such row of stitching, a line of stitching securing the rear edges of the leg sections together and passing through the complete lining of the respective sections, and stitching binding the back edges of the leg sections to the linings.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence'of two subscribing witnesses.

ABRAHAM A. BROWN.

Witnesses:

CHATTEN BRADWAY, PHILIP D. ROLLHAUS. 

